3 Final standings (after round 14)

3.1 Men

Rank Team Points
1. Ukraine 39.5
2. Russia 36.5
3. Armenia 36.5
4. United States 35.0
5. Israel 34.5
6. India 34.0
7. Cuba 33.5
8. Netherlands 33.0
9. Bulgaria 32.5
10. Spain A 32.5
11. Greece 32.5
12. Poland 32.0
13. Switzerland 32.0
14. Uzbekistan 32.0
15. Serbia Montenegro 32.0
16. Germany 32.0
17. Slovenia 32.0
18. Belarus 32.0
19. Philippines 32.0
20. Romania 32.0
21. Georgia 31.5
22. Azerbaijan 31.5
23. France 31.5
24. China 31.5
25. Bosnia Herzegovina 31.5
26. Kazakhstan 31.5
27. Lithuania 31.5
28. Denmark 31.5
29. Czech Republic 31.0
30. England 31.0
31. Hungary 31.0
32. Estonia 31.0
33. Latvia 31.0
34. Argentina 31.0
35. Australia 31.0
36. Moldova 30.5
37. Slovakia 30.5
38. Canada 30.5
39. Norway 30.5
40. Chile 30.5
41. Bangladesh 30.5
42. Macedonia 30.0
43. Ireland 30.0
44. Spain B 29.5
45. Sweden 29.5
46. Croatia 29.5
47. Iceland 29.5
48. Indonesia 29.5
49. Finland 29.5
50. Turkey 29.5
51. Vietnam 29.0
52. Scotland 29.0
53. Iran 29.0
54. Mexico 29.0
55. South Africa 29.0
56. Colombia 29.0
57. IPCA 29.0
58. Belgium 28.5
59. Brazil 28.5
60. Italy 28.5
61. Tajikistan 28.5
62. Austria 28.5
63. Dominican Rep. 28.5
64. Ecuador 28.5
65. Bolivia 28.5
66. Peru 28.5
67. Singapore 28.0
68. Andorra 28.0
69. Pakistan 28.0
70. Malaysia 28.0
71. Mongolia 27.5
72. Portugal 27.5
73. Kyrgystan 27.5
74. Albania 27.5
75. Faroe Islands 27.5
76. Morocco 27.5
77. Venezuela 27.0
78. Paraguay 27.0
79. Costa Rica 27.0
80. Tunisia 27.0
81. Luxembourg 27.0
82. Iraq 27.0
83. Uruguay 26.5
84. New Zealand 26.5
85. Nicaragua 26.5
86. Guatemala 26.5
87. Japan 26.5
88. Wales 26.0
89. Lebanon 26.0
90. Sri Lanka 26.0
91. Thailand 26.0
92. Honduras 26.0
93. Puerto Rico 26.0
94. Botswana 25.5
95. Kenya 25.5
96. IBCA 25.0
97. Barbados 25.0
98. Libya 25.0
99. Angola 24.5
100. Hongkong 24.5
101. Palestine 24.5
102. Jamaica 24.5
103. Uganda 24.5
104. Monaco 24.5
105. Nepal 24.5
106. Panama 24.0
107. Namibia 24.0
108. Cyprus 23.5
109. Liechtenstein 23.5
110. Mauritius 23.5
111. San Marino 23.5
112. Malta 23.5
113. Macao 23.5
114. Afghanistan 23.5
115. Trinidad and Tobago 23.0
116. Surinam 23.0
117. Papua New Guinea 23.0
118. British Virgin Islands 23.0
119. Neth. Antilles 22.0
120. Bermuda 22.0
121. Nigeria 22.0
122. Jersey 21.5
123. Fiji 21.5
124. Guernsey 21.0
125. Aruba 20.5
126. Rwanda 17.0
127. US Virgin Islands 13.5
128. Seychelles 11.5
129. Spain C 27.0

3.2 Women

Rank Team Points

1. China 31.0
2. United States 28.0
3. Russia 27.5
4. Georgia 27.5
5. France 25.5
6. Hungary 25.0
7. Slovakia 25.0
8. England 25.0
9. India 24.5
10. Poland 24.5
11. Armenia 24.5
12. Netherlands 24.5
13. Lithuania 24.0
14. Bulgaria 24.0
15. Sweden 24.0
16. Serbia Montenegro 24.0
17. Germany 24.0
18. Ukraine 23.5
19. Slovenia 23.5
20. Romania 23.5
21. Vietnam 23.5
22. Azerbaijan 23.0
23. Latvia 23.0
24. Cuba 23.0
25. Israel 23.0
26. Moldova 23.0
27. Belarus 23.0
28. Czech Rep. 22.5
29. Greece 22.5
30. Argentina 22.5
31. Switzerland 22.5
32. Uzbekistan 22.5
33. Kazakhstan 22.0
34. Iran 22.0
35. Mongolia 22.0
36. Estonia 22.0
37. Colombia 21.5
38. Norway 21.5
39. Croatia 21.5
40. Malaysia 21.5
41. Canada 21.5
42. Finland 21.0
43. Spain A 21.0
44. Spain B 21.0
45. Bosnia Herzegovina 21.0
46. Italy 21.0
47. Australia 20.5
48. Philippines 20.5
49. Portugal 20.5
50. Venezuela 20.5
51. Iceland 20.5
52. Wales 20.5
53. Turkey 20.5
54. Brazil 20.5
55. Austria 20.0
56. Macedonia 20.0
57. Mexico 20.0
58. Kyrgystan 20.0
59. Indonesia 20.0
60. Guatemala 20.0
61. Peru 20.0
62. Albania 20.0
63. Ecuador 19.5
64. Denmark 19.5
65. Lebanon 19.5
66. IPCA 19.5
67. Iraq 19.5
68. South Africa 19.0
69. Bangladesh 19.0
70. Tajikistan 19.0
71. Bolivia 19.0
72. Costa Rica 19.0
73. Botswana 19.0
74. Luxembourg 18.5
75. IBCA 18.5
76. Puerto Rico 18.5
77. Dominican Rep. 18.0
78. New Zealand 18.0
79. Sri Lanka 18.0
80. Ireland 17.5
81. Fiji 16.5
82. Libya 13.5
83. Japan 12.5
84. Trinidad and Tobago 12.0
85. Honduras 12.0
86. Kenya 11.0
87. US Virgin Islands 8.0

4 Top Ranked Players for this tournament

4.1 Men

1. GM Viswanathan Anand 2781 India
2. GM Alexander Morozevich 2758 Russia
3. GM Michael Adams 2740 England
4. GM Peter Svidler 2735 Russia
5. GM Alexei Shirov 2726 Spain

4.2 Women

1. GM Xie Jun 2569 China
2. GM Zsuzsa Polgar 2567 USA
3. GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2523 Bulgaria
4. IM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2508 Russia
5. GM Maia Chiburdanidze 2503 Georgia
6. GM Koneru Humpy 2503 India

5 Azmaiparashvili controversy

There was some controversy at the closing ceremony when Georgian Grandmaster and FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili was arrested. The attitude of the event's organisers towards Azmaiparashvili was apparently soured when, upon his arrival in Spain, he had attempted to secure himself two hotel rooms, claiming he was entitled to one in his capacity as a FIDE vice-president, and another as a player at the event. This sour mood seems to have brought him extra attention at the closing ceremony when he approached the stage apparently in an attempt to inform FIDE officials that the organisers had neglected to award a prize named in honour of Georgian former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. He came into conflict with security officials, and a scuffle broke out resulting in injuries both to Azmaiparashvili and a security agent. There are conflicting claims about the exact nature of said scuffle: a press release from the Olympiad organisers placed the blame squarely on Azmaiparashvili's shoulders, saying that after he had tried to gain admittance to the stage on several occasions he "without any previous provocation, assaulted the agent with a head butt to his mouth" [1]. FIDE, on the other hand, blamed over-zealous policing, saying in their press release that "Despite his clear VIP identification, he was severely beaten up by several security guards" [2].

6 External links

• Official homepage
• Live games
• 36th Chess Olympiad 2004 in Calvià on Wiener-Zeitung
• Report on Azmaiparashvili's 2004 arrest from Chessbase

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